Currency unions in prospect and retrospect

JMCS Silva, S Tenreyro - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2010 - annualreviews.org
We critically review the recent literature on currency unions and discuss the methodological
challenges posed by the empirical assessment of their costs and benefits. In the process, we …

The macroeconomic costs and benefits of the EMU and other monetary unions: an overview of recent research

R Beetsma, M Giuliodori - Journal of Economic literature, 2010 - aeaweb.org
This article provides an overview of recent research into the macroeconomic costs and
benefits of monetary unification. We are primarily interested in Europe's monetary union …

Interactions of commitment and discretion in monetary and fiscal policies

A Dixit, L Lambertini - American economic review, 2003 - aeaweb.org
We consider monetary-fiscal interactions when the monetary authority is more conservative
than the fiscal. With both policies discretionary,(1) Nash equilibrium yields lower output and …

A fiscal union for the euro: Some lessons from history

MD Bordo, L Jonung, A Markiewicz - CESifo Economic Studies, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The recent financial crisis starting in 2007–2009 is the longest and the deepest recession
since the Great Depression of 1930. The crisis that originated in the US subprime mortgage …

[PDF][PDF] Should the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve be concerned about fiscal policy?

MB Canzoneri, RE Cumby, B Diba - Rethinking stabilization …, 2002 - kansascityfed.org
Can the Federal Reserve or the European Central Bank (ECB) be held responsible for price
stability, regardless of how fiscal policy is conducted? Is legal independence sufficient to …

Symbiosis of monetary and fiscal policies in a monetary union

A Dixit, L Lambertini - Journal of International Economics, 2003 - Elsevier
We consider the interaction between the monetary policy in a monetary union, and the
separate fiscal policies of the member countries. We use a Barro–Gordon-type model …

Coordination and crisis in monetary unions

M Aguiar, M Amador, E Farhi… - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We study fiscal and monetary policy in a monetary union with the potential for rollover crises
in sovereign debt markets. Member-country fiscal authorities lack commitment to repay their …

One money, but many fiscal policies in Europe: What are the consequences?

H Uhlig - But Many Fiscal Policies in Europe: What are the …, 2002 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper outlines some issues regarding the interaction of independent fiscal authorities
and one central bank in the European monetary union. It points out the possibilities for …

Central bank independence and macro-prudential regulation

K Ueda, F Valencia - Economics Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
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[BOOK][B] Defining a macroeconomic framework for the euro area

A Alesina - 2001 - books.google.com
The third title in the MECB series begins with a review of the main events of the year and
how the ECB has dealt with them. The authors focus mainly on eurozone inflation and the …